Canadian Bruno Spengler, driving for BMW won the last race of the DTM held last Sunday on the Grand Prix circuit of the Nurburgring, and he's now ranked second in the point standings.
“Basically, the BMW M3 DTM is really good – as are the guys at BMW Team Schnitzer,” said Spengler in a recent interview published by BMW.
“They always want to win, and the same goes for me. That was also my approach to my first season with BMW. However, at the start we did not know how we would compare to the opposition. It relatively quickly became clear we are up there with the front-runners.
“That is fantastic and shows just how well BMW Motorsport and BMW Team Schnitzer have worked,” declared Spengler, a regular contributor to Auto123.com.
He continued: “Only a very few members of the team had any DTM experience prior to the start of the season. However, the team has learned at record speed. We are now consistently completing pit stops in 3 to 3.5 seconds. That is the sign of a top team”.
Although he's moved up to second place in the standings, Spengler has not started to think about the 2012 title.
“I am obviously pleased I am only 20 points behind Gary Paffett,” Spengler said.
“However, we would be well advised to approach the remaining four races in exactly the same way as we have the first six. So far we have managed to find our feet quickly on new circuits. If we pull that off again in Zandvoort and Oschersleben, where the only experience we have is from testing during the early stages of the development of our car, we should be up there with the leaders again.
“We are taking it one race at a time, then we will see where we end up come the end of the season,” the Canadian explained.
“Basically, the BMW M3 DTM is really good – as are the guys at BMW Team Schnitzer,” said Spengler in a recent interview published by BMW.
“They always want to win, and the same goes for me. That was also my approach to my first season with BMW. However, at the start we did not know how we would compare to the opposition. It relatively quickly became clear we are up there with the front-runners.
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| Photo: dtm.com |
“That is fantastic and shows just how well BMW Motorsport and BMW Team Schnitzer have worked,” declared Spengler, a regular contributor to Auto123.com.
He continued: “Only a very few members of the team had any DTM experience prior to the start of the season. However, the team has learned at record speed. We are now consistently completing pit stops in 3 to 3.5 seconds. That is the sign of a top team”.
Although he's moved up to second place in the standings, Spengler has not started to think about the 2012 title.
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| Photo: dtm.com |
“I am obviously pleased I am only 20 points behind Gary Paffett,” Spengler said.
“However, we would be well advised to approach the remaining four races in exactly the same way as we have the first six. So far we have managed to find our feet quickly on new circuits. If we pull that off again in Zandvoort and Oschersleben, where the only experience we have is from testing during the early stages of the development of our car, we should be up there with the leaders again.
“We are taking it one race at a time, then we will see where we end up come the end of the season,” the Canadian explained.